Greenhouse Gas

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Why Venus Is Hotter Than Mercury, Even Though It's Farther from the Sun

Venus's surface is hotter than Mercury's, despite being farther from the Sun. The reason lies in Venus's thick, heat-trapping atmosphere-not its distance from our star.

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UNEP report signals global temperature rise beyond Paris Agreement target

A new United Nations Environment Programme analysis finds that global average temperatures are set to exceed the 1.5°C threshold established by the Paris Agreement within years, raising the stakes for rapid emission reductions and climate adaptation

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WorldView-3 Satellite Sets New Standard for Commercial Earth Imaging

The WorldView-3 satellite, launched in 2014, delivered unprecedented high-resolution Earth imagery from orbit, enabling new research on methane emissions, land use, and archaeological sites using advanced remote sensing instruments

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China Tests Low-Cost Catalyst to Turn Plastic Waste Into Jet Fuel

Researchers in China have demonstrated a chemical process that converts polyolefin plastic waste into aviation-grade fuel using a cobalt-nickel catalyst, but the method remains at the laboratory stage and faces significant engineering hurdles

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